IIT Kanpur first among best college for innovation, 8 IITs in top 10: NIRF 2023

NIRF 2023: IIT Kanpur filed for 109 IPRs in 2022 and has filed for 950 IPRs till date. Only two non-IITs made it to the top 10 — the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram and the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. Both shared eighth place.

NIRF 2023 Best Colleges in Innovation: IIT Kanpur topped the list of best colleges in Innovation (Graphics by Abhishek Mitra)

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NIRF 2023 Best Colleges in Innovation: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur topped the list of best colleges in the field of Innovation under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023. The NIRF 2023 rankings were released by the Ministry of Education on June 5. This was the debut year for the innovation category.

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On the achievement, IIT Kanpur said that it filed 109 IPRs in 2022 and has filed for 950 IPRs to date. It has 130 technologies being licensed to industry partners and the institute has a remarkable translation rate of 13.68 per cent.

NIRF 2023: Best College in Innovation

IIT Kanpur was followed by the IIT-Madras and the IIT-Hyderabad at the second and third positions.

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The fourth spot was secured by IIT-Delhi. The IIT-Roorkee was in fifth place while the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at the sixth spot. The seventh position was secured by IIT-Bombay.

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Only two non-IITs made it to the top 10 — the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram and the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. Both shared eighth place.

The 10th position was secured by the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU).